Recycling started the first week in January...the new garbage pickup begins on January 31!!

Well said !

Hi "Shore Girl." This might pertain. Committee member Shehady left the following message on Facebook yesterday: IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to heavy recycling volume, the Township contractor was not able to complete recycling collection today and will return early tomorrow morning.

I live on S. Maple and mine wasn't picked up either. The mass phone voice messaging system should have been used to get this information out to the people. How often can we expect that the company providing our recycling services will be 'inundated' with collections and unable to make pick-ups of every citizen. How about splitting the recylce schedule as you 'did' the garbage schedule. Half of the town gets pick on one day while the other half gets it on another day. I can just see this happening over and over in the summer when people have cook-outs and produce more than usual recyclables in the way of cans and bottles.

Is there really a need to pick up bottles, cans, papers, etc once a week? That's a subjective question. To some people, yes it is. To others, like yourself, it might be overkill. If you don't need to use the recycling services once a week, save yourself a trip to the curb and keep your recyclables in your garage. Apparently the township thought it was more economical to implement a twice a week recycling schedule. Maybe, just maybe, it will entice more residents to recycle those Poland Springs water bottles instead of throwing them in their garbage.

Art - actually, you will find the more you recycle the faster it accumulates and your garbage refuse is decreased. I personally experienced this and so have many other residents to the point that their recyclable output is greater than their garbage output.

This process works wonderfully in neighboring towns. Don't you find it strange it won't work in Springfield?

I have been recycling for years. My recycling is put in closed containers and my trash is put in closed containers. Even with a secure lid on the containers, the animals get into them, just overnight at the curb the night prior to the regular pickup. While it may seem that animals shouldn't get into closed containers, they manage to do so. I have tried various types of closed containers, and they manage to get into just about every type. From another post, it sounds like they even knock bricks off.

I am glad to see the weekly pickup for the recycle items but I am very disappointed to see that the trash is just once a week. For the little bit it saved, which probably doesn't result in a decrease in our taxes, I would prefer the twice a week pickup.

Warren you are certainly correct, there is a chance of odors and animals. But it is something we will have to deal with. Call the Summit or New Providence residents and ask them how they handle it. I'm sure you'll find a way to make it work.

I am troubled by your other angry comments. Let me try to put it in perspective for you. We own no SUVs because I can't afford them. But I've heard you own several. All of our taxes are high relative to the size of our home. Sure, yours are probably higher, but I've heard you have a rather large house. And if you recall a few years ago the township stopped picking up grass clippings. Many of us people "on the bottom" were tremendously affected by this change. I suspect you weren't affected because you probably employ a landscaper to cut and maintain your large lawn. We on the other hand have to cut our own grass and now have to pay to have it carted away. Following this thought process, maybe you should hire a private garbage contractor to pick up your trash on the off days?

Just sayin....

Everyone is dealing with high taxes. If you can't figure out a way to manage your own smelly and apparently voluminous garbage, I feel sorry for you (and especially your neighbors). Bugs and animals ravage your garbage daily? Really? Maybe you need a visit form the health department or invest in a dumpster.

Probably, Mr. Shehady can reach more people quicker than the Patch. No offense Mr. Bulgar. The Patch is a great source of information but people have to log on to read something and information isn't posted as quickly as FaceBook. But again Mr. Fraenkel tries to blame Mr .Shehady for something.

Where is the Mayor Amlen, Deputy Mayor Huber or the other two with information for the town? Just like during Hurricane Sandy, no where to be seen or heard from.

Excuse me Mr. Fraenkel, but what does this have to do with Mr. Shehady? His post was out of pure courtesy. He is not the mayor or even the deupty mayor. He had no obligation to post anything. On the contrary, I think that responsibility fell on the feet of the currenty majority. They could have notified The Patch or posted on the town's own facebook page or twitter account. But, as expected, they did absolutely nothing because they don't believe in communication. Is anyone surprised????

anonimous, the two newest members of the Township Committee already dropped the ball. Why weren't they trying to get to the bottom of what went wrong with recycling and emailing the Patch with an explanation or some information? Ms. Bandrowski has time to write an op-ed criticizing Ziad and trying to give him a "Civics 101" lesson but she doesn't even know what her own job is. She's the one who posted the editorial attacking him first - she can do that but can't take a break from politics to actually be helpful. From the town's annual meeting agenda:

"Department of Administration, Includes Office of the Township Clerk, Licenses, Personnel, SANITATION AS PERTAINS TO COLLECTION OF REFUSE, Township Attorney and Administrator
1. Margaret Bandrowski, Chair
2. David Barnett"

So cute/pathetic. Bart is sad Ziad won't be his friend on Facebook. But MOMMMYYYYY, he won't talk to me! I don't blame him, you have some strange obsession with him, some odd love/hate relationship. You're like a scorned lover.

I don't know about you, but it was clear to me that Adam was trying to be helpful by answering your question with outside information.

You can move to Union, Elizabeth or Hillside and pay lower taxes. You will be able to find much cheaper real estate as well. No one is stopping you.

There must be some reason you stay in Springfield? Union, Elizabeth and Hillside are our nieghbors with lower taxes and more frequent garbage pick up. I can not figure out why you're staying in Springfield.

Mr.Fraenkel, you take the time to focus on the one that notified many vs. 4 that notified none. That is the problem with your focus.
The chairman/mayor is still the senior member of the committee. If all 5 of them wait around for the other to do something then nothing will get done. There aren't 5 mayors on the committee, just one inept mayor and deputy mayor. They just don't chair a meeting. Well maybe that's what Mayor Fraenkel did.

Any member of the TC can step forward? To oversee and make notifications regarding recycling? To do a salaried employee's job? Whoever is in charge of recycling and/or garbage collection should be doing it. Who is in charge? Last I knew it was the DPW. I'm glad someone said something. If any of the TC can step forward to accomplish something on their subordinate's level, there is no direction, no accountability and confusion results. Who is supposed to do what and when? If something needs fixing, who do you turn to? Who do you blame when nothing gets done? I've figured this out now-the OTHER POLITICAL PARTY! When something happens in town, they all jump to be the first to offer help or information. Then they can say, "I did this and you didn't" I'm doing more for this town, vote for me. No wonder why this town is so screwed up. Look at the Township Table of Organization. DPW supervisor answers to the Twp Administrator. Twp administrator answers to the TC. There is a chain of command here. The member of the TC who oversees recycling should say to the twp administrator, this is what was called to my attention, take care of it with the person responsible. Twp admin should say to the DPW supervisor, someone screwed up, fix it and don't let it happen again. TC should not jump the chain of command and take matters into their own hands. If it happens again, the same confusion will result. I hope the table of organization is followed, otherwise it"s worthless.

The two newest members of the Township Committee already dropped the ball. Why weren't they trying to get to the bottom of what went wrong with recycling and emailing the Patch with an explanation or some information? Ms. Bandrowski has time to write an op-ed criticizing Ziad and trying to give him a "Civics 101" lesson but she doesn't even know what her own job is. From the town's annual meeting agenda:

"Department of Administration, Includes Office of the Township Clerk, Licenses, Personnel, SANITATION AS PERTAINS TO COLLECTION OF REFUSE, Township Attorney and Administrator
1. Margaret Bandrowski, Chair
2. David Barnett"

You"re the man Warren!

Warren-could the reason your garbage is dumped every week be that your garbage is easy pickins'? The animals aren't stupid, they go where they know they can find food. Here's an idea-put your garbage cans in your garage for a couple of weeks. Put your cans out the morning of collection day, sounds like you are up early enough. The animals can't find your garbage and should go somewhere else. Or, if you feel that you shouldn't have to change your ways, you can confront them while they are feasting on your bountiful rubbish, demand to know why they are so inconsiderate and inform them of your service to the town as you did above. You'll never see them again. Seriously though, you're the man Warren. You can outsmart a raccoon (or a squirrel, cat or opossum.) You can do this.
As for the snappy alias, when you live and work in the same area, it's a bad career move to slam people who could make your life difficult. Small town politics isn't fair. It's politics.

For those haven't figured it out.... Kevin M is Ziad Shehady. As well as Anthony D, B Freeman.... And the list goes on and on

They all dropped the ball, including the administrator because he's there on a daily basis whereas the others may or may not be. And in regard to my original comment about this whole issue, I should have said that while it was very nice that Shehady had posted something on Facebook, it would have been better had he also done it on The Patch or anywhere else that's accessible for the public. That probably would have elminated any misunderstanding of what I was saying.

Cats dont like mice or dogs , Yankees fans dont like Mets fans & neither do politicians who are in different parties. Republicans hate democrats & vice versa as Its just a fact of life get over it LOL.

One doesnt need to run for office in town or show up to town council meetings to show they care about the town. I know for fact that Warren has had a great impact on hundreds if not thousands of kids in Springfield including mine. We all do the best with the resources we have some of us cut grass some dont but we all work hard for our families in Springfield whether we pay taxes or volunteer or both.